Golf club carrier



April 1950 H. A. SPRINGER 2,504,463

GOLF CLUB CARRIER Filed Nov. 2, 1948 Patented Apr. 18, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GOLF CLUB CARRIER Henry A. Springer, Cincinnati, Ohio Application November 2, 1948, Serial No. 57,906

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a combination step stool and carrier for golf clubs and equipment, the stool providing a metal base section for a pliable bag body section of the carrier and auxiliary when laterally disposed upon the ground a tread stool upon which the player can station himself at a determined elevation above the ground level to compensate for his abnormally short extremities. Most mens bodies in length vary but little: it is the extremities that vary greatly in length. Therefore, in the swing of a golf club the circumference through which the head of the golf club passes varies with the heigth of the person. To compensate for this difference in heigth the tread stool is used.

It has been experienced that for some players a better drive of the ball can be administered if they increase the radius from the shoulder to the ball by the aid of the tread stool, thereby increasing the distance of the circumference of the arc through which the head of the golf club passes in swing, which a person in the smaller stature group cannot eificiently emlploy unless sustained above the normal ground level of the playing field.

An object of the invention is to provide a carrier for golf clubs and equipment with a pliable bag section contiguous with a metal base section, the base section of a structure adapted when laterally or sidewise disposed upon the ground to constitute a step or tread stool which can be anchored in non-slipping engagement thereon and upon which the player can suitably station himself and at a determined elevation above the ground level to appropriately maneuver a club, than otherwise would be practicable for his natural heighth, and the production of a unit having manifold utility of light weight, simple and inexpensive structure, nonburdensome to the players personal carriage along the playing course.

Another object is to provide a golf club and equipment carrier composed of a fabric body and head section and a metal case base section which sustains the load weight of the material packaged within the carrier to the relief of the bag section, and when laterally bearing upon a ground surface serves as a tread stool for the player, with a wall thereof, as recessed or inward of the casing, of pliable material embodying a slide fastener controlled opening for access into the base of the carrier.

Another object is to provide a golf club carrier with a fabric body section and a rigid case base section, the 'base section adapted when per- .pendicularly resting upon the ground to sustain the clubs deposited within the carrier in an upright position and when horizontally or laterally disposed upon the ground to constitute a tread or step stool to sustain the player at a determined elevation above the ground level.

Various other features and advantages of the invention are more fully set forth in and apparent from the following description of the preferred embodiment, as illustrated by the drawings accompanied herewith and forming a part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the combination golf club carrier and stool, showing the top or tread side of the stool section.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the stool section of the carrier in a lateral position as disposed upon the ground surface.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section on line 3, 3, Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the stool section as counter from that shown in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the intermediate portion of the carrier and of the side of the stool section to which an end of a shoulder strap is applied.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the carrier.

Referring to the drawings, the carrier consists of a bag section I, of fabric or pliable material, as characteristic of conventional golf club carrying or packaging bags. The top or free end of the bag section has a closure head 2, which together with an adjoining portion of the body of the bag section is slitted for an access opening sealed by a slide fastener 3. The lower end of the bag section is secured to a relative end of a rigid case section 4, preferably having its side walls constructed of a perforated or foraminous aluminum sheet metal, primarily to mini mize its weight, and of a structural configuration to render it applicable for a step or tread stool, when disposed sidewise or laterally upon a bearing or ground surface.

The end wall of the case or stool section to which the bag section is attached has an opening therethrough of an outline and dimensioned in conformity with the interior outline of the bag section, so that a portion of the interior of the case section, and for the full length thereof is continguous and in registry with the bag section in an upright carrying :position of the unit, and thereby forms a metal base for the bag or sack and of a stability to sustain the clubs contained therein in an upright position when rested 3 upon the ground surface of convenience to the player.

The side walls of the case section being of perforated or foraminous sheet metal, the lower end of the bag section can be securely attached to the relative end wall thereof by a stitched cord method. The lower end of the bag section circumferentially is lapped laterally to overly the adjoining wall surface of the casing, with cord stitched through the lap and passed through apertures in the case wall and correspondingly continues progressively about the lap. This method however, is merely optional.

The case section is of a dimension and configuration when sidewise disposed upon the ground or a bearing surface, provides a step or tread stool for the player to station himself at a determined elevation above the ground level. The walls of the case section and in particular the opposite end Walls thereof, which provides the supports for the stool are of slightly greater length than the cross-sectional dimension of the bag section which more or less follows that of the conventional golf club carrying bag, there fore the end walls extend slightly beyond one side of the bag section. The free end of one of the end walls is serrated, providing a series of teeth '5, for puncturing or penetrating into the earth surf-ace when the casing section is employed 'as a stool to withhold the same against slippage.

The interior of the case section for its full area has a fabric or liable web partition 6 marginally fi-x'ed to the side and end walls by a cord stitched thereto and through the apertures of the walls, to chamber the interior of the casing for the length thereof in direct communication with the interior of the bag" section. The partition, preferably centrally thereof and longitudinally for a portion of its length is slitted for access into the chamber and sealed by a slide fastener 1.

The tread 8 of the case section as the top or head of the stool and upon its outer side has a pair of spaced tread nails 9, 9, applied or secured thereon for a non-slipping foot bearing for the player, when utilizing the case section as a stool to station himself at an elevated posit-ion above the ground level.

The bag'and case sections are connectedby a shoulder strap It], the upper end of which is in 100p connection with a collar or band ll stitched to and en'circumferencing the body of the bag section, and the opposite end of the strap is in adjustable loop connection with a relative side wall of the case section, as engaged througha pair of spaced companion slots I2, l2, approximately central of the width of the wall. The end of the strap is fixed to a cross bar of a buckle 13 through which the strap passes for strap reach adjustment. In the carriage of the unit the weight of the contents is thus borne by case section, and any lateral strain by the collar or band ll, avoiding the use of a stiffening strip for application of the strap, or a plural ply bag structure thereby materially reducing the production cost of the unit.

Having described my invention, I claim: l. A golf club carrier, comprising an elongated receptacle of a plurality of difierent material sections longitudinally in union connection, one as an upper section of pliable material and a second as a lower and base end section of sheet metal material, the latter for diversified service, and a shoulder strap extending longitudinally of the rec'epta'ele and having one end connected to the upper section and an opposite end connected to the lower section for bearing the weight of the receptacle contents to the relief "of the upper section.

2. A golf club carrier, comprising an elongated receptacle of a plurality of different material seclief of the upper section, a slide fastener sealed opening for the closure head end of the upper section, and a pliable web covering one side of the lower section and having a slide fastener sealed opening for access into the base end of the re- 'ceptacle.

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